| SHEREKHAN | Tiger in 1894 Rudyard Kipling story collection The Jungle Book |
| HATHI | Elephant in 1894 Rudyard Kipling story collection The Jungle Book (5) |
| MOWGLI | Wolf-boy in the Rudyard Kipling story collection The Jungle Book (6) |
| BAGHEERA | Black panther in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book (8) |
| BALOO | Brown bear in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book (5) |
| KAA | Python in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book (3) |
| JUNGLEBOOK | Kipling story collection, with "The" |
| THEJUNGLEBOOK | 1894 Rudyard Kipling work (3,6,4) |
| TAVI | Rikki-tikki-___ (Rudyard Kipling story) |
| SPOT | Pure as the beast at the start of the Kipling story? (8) |
| WILSON | Sir Angus -; author of the story collection The Wrong Set and novels including The Old Men at the Zoo and No Laughing Matter (6) |
| HILL | Author of The Woman in Black and short story collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read (4) |
| IRVING | US author of the story collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (10,6) |
| JACOBS | W W ?, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| TWAIN | Author of the 1906 short-story collection The $30,000 Bequest (5) |
| JUNGLE | The ___ Book, Kipling story (6) |
| WOULD | "The Man Who ___ Be King" (Kipling story) |
| BIGGLES | Central character in 1932 short story collection The Camels Are Coming by W E Johns (7) |
| HORNUNG | E W ?, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman (7) |
| BOCCACCIO | Giovanni -, 14th-century Italian poet who authored short story collection The Decameron (9) |
